The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-22
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
otton.

NEW YORK, May 2I.-Southern Flour qtic
Wheat steady without change of importanc
Com spot quiet, barely stesidy. options duI
and u shade lower. closing weak No. :, May,
tions about I, better@No. 2 May, s3Ii July
;syesff:sEt4: Hops unchanged Coffee spot fair.
Rio. MAY sissDseIgr,: June. Is; JUN.
Sls.55els..O; Sugar firm quite flair. refining
"a test sold at ~; Rice firm; Cotton seed oil,
% crude. ~; Refined Resin quiet; TurIcntin 4
dull; Hides steady. Wool quiet unchanged,
Pork duh more or less nominal. Beef dull
Mtddles dull nominal. Lard 3'f} points lower
dull. western steam spot go i.,t go. June
6y.. July, .UsGo.oe' Freishts duh; Cotton l-l6i
NEW YORK May aI.-Green Il Co.'S report
on cotton futures says: In accordance
with the half halliday law the exchanges closed
to-day ut Il O'Clock The busneS4 in cons''-
quencc was very moderate and apparently con-
fined solely To the natural saturday settlements
with values nominaIlf unchanged and no feat
ure of II significant character shown except
possibly am inclination To hold prices up. Eu-
rope, at the closn was somewhat steadler and
that may have carried fome influence To pres
ent offerings
Afternoon report-Cotton- receipts, -:
sales, 24,g0l: June, 10 $50 10 50 /: July 10 ego
10 9i August, 10 ga 10 %: September. -;oeto-
ber-.;November. Sil59 80 December, 9l6t
Cotton frIn; sales, SIS UpIands. IL Or
Great Britain, 2aol to France, I'D To the
Continent, ~; To the Channel, -; stock,
3.O.0s5-
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is :.:asi,s.9 baier. of which I.'f..ss9 j.
American, against 2-s.2,4.s and LIES re
spectiveIy last year. Receipts al all interior
towns, s.6si. Receipts, plantation 29s4- crop
in sight, u.s., I'D
General Markets.
CHICAGO, May sI.-The opening of the
lures. June wheat opened at SIC. Trading
in all the pits was etremely light, and wheat
became very dull with June pegged at Sc
The deferred options were rather firmly held.
but there were no outside orders on the board
of any description. The crowd were not dis
posed to do any thing at all while the clique
bid Sc for wheat all day There were trades
at s7ssc, between outside houses. June wheat
closed at stzsc- An evening paper says:
About "a million bushels of Minneapolis
wheat has been already arranged for by trad
who sold June here on Thursslry at ssft S..c
This comes at .1a cent rail rate and Is said tn
pay liz cents profit. ON the other hand the
clique Is reported To have taken time by the
fOrelock and to have arranged tn pay for even
more of Minneapolis wheat than this"
hrmness at the opening Early trades were
weak at H1sd4II4c. for July. but aftcrward
corn settled back into the same state of leth-
argy which characterized the rest of the mar
ket. Until nearly noon corn hung around III
@+lIs for July, but there were no buyers.
Corn recently shipped from here arrived in
New York a little soft and the majority of il
fIl for Slow s,iIn Vels rms S so tb c',,,"
of the lack of buyers. About noon July sold
on To Al even, which was the lowest of the
day Corn closed at iU3.lt lie. Oats were very
quiet There WIS very little change in pro-
visions at the opening. July ribs sold NJ STD;
July lard mt $3.50 During the day trading in
provisions was duh, and July ribs sagged off Ia
S1214; July lard to S5-.sLs sellers At the
close July ribs hrrned up and closed AT e.-.sl@-
Cash quotations were: Flour dull, neglected,
unchange: No. Spring Wheat s.Gi s.tts; No.
red 1S3s; No. Corn, $50: No. Oats, 2yi4G,.di.
MessPork, 500. Lard sb.G0ft6.62Ia. Short nib
sides loose, s.0-tJaI1.l0. Dry silted shoulders,
boxed, S5-6Gr565. Short clear sides, boxed,
S7.GsJ7.65. Whisky SI.l0. The leading futures
closed
wheat-May. s7ss July. sszs. Corn-May,
ssssc- July. +ssc- Oats-May .sJ7s July, - -.
Pork-May, and June, $3.50. Lard May, Sos
PIG July, S6.U&- Short Ribs-May, S7.l5'
July, S1.EIs;